Governor Paul LePage can whine with the best of them, as he proved once more this week, at the state Republican convention and on-line at his Facebook account. Sure, he has also been threatening his “enemies,” promising to carry out a “little war” against such “intimidating,” “scary,” and “rich” non-profit organizations as the Natural Resources…
On this episode of the Beacon Podcast, Mike Tipping and Ben Chin discuss the results of the New Hampshire primaries, the strong bipartisan vote in the Maine House against a corporate tax giveaway and in favor of funding for local schools and Governor Paul LePage’s increasing disengagement from the duties of his office, including on…
I should have known better. The general cliché (I’ve used it myself) for the Iowa caucus is “democracy in action.” The word “democracy” is rooted in Greek, “demokratia,” meaning the rule by the “demos,” the people. In Iowa, it usually translates as “chaos.” But what does that translation mean? What do I mean by “rule”?…